Presser-foot-lifter attachment for sewing machines



March 19, 1929. 1.. A. RUSSELL 1,705,783

PRESSER FOOT LIFTER ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed June 20, 1927 E6 INVENTOR v ATTORNEY v l atenlied Mar. 19, 1929;v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I 'LENAV'A. nnssnmi, orerinviiLA'Nn, onio. I I

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Application filed June 20, 192?. Serial N'o. 200, 123. 3

- r This invention has for its object to provide an improved device to' be permanently attached to an ordinary sewing machine for darning and other sewing operations, prov] ding means for quickly maintaining the sew-v ing machine presser toot raised, permlttlng the goods to be freely Worked back and torth under the needle'and over thev feed rack for darning with the usual lockstitch.

H, Relerilng to the di awings, B 1g. 1 1s a bag- In the drawings 5' indicates the head of an ordinary sewing machine'having a face plate 6 secured by thumb nut 7 and a presser bar 8 on which is mounted the presser foot 10 by means of a nut 9. The reciprocatingneedle bar- 11 carries a needle 12. The base Y 13 of themachine has a needle hole plate having a slot in which the feed rack 14 travels with four movements. 7

The attachment coi'nprises a yoke 15 which is clamped between the presser foot 10 and nut 9. 5 The yoke'carries a rod 16 screw threaded at the upper end thereof extending through the ear 18 ofa bracket'pla'te 17 hav-' ing s1ots19. The plate. 17 is placed against plate 6 and clamped by nut 7. A'nut 20 is threaded on rod 16.

hen darning operationsare desirable the I nut is turned downward lifting l'od lti'and' presser foot 10, allowing thecloth to be freely" 35,

moved over the travelingfeed rack lt'iin" any direction. a V v I Another form of rod bracketv 17 shownin FigJ'G is adapted tobe applied to other makes of sewing machines ,7 40 The slots 19 in the bracket plate 17 permit.

the bracket plate to. beset at various heights,

one or the other of the slots being fitted over the screw which receives the nut 7 The nut 20 maybe screwed down to lift the presser foot to any height desired and retain the same in raised position. .IVhen the nut is released or unscrewed to a sutlicient extent the presser foot will have its usual'i-tc t1on and ordmary sewmgcan be done.

- I claim:

The combination with a sewing machine head and face plate, and presser foot rod,

of a bracket clamped against theface plate,

, a rodhaving a yoke atits lower end fixed to 1 the lower end of the 'presser foot rod'and extending at its upper end througha hole in the bracket, and an ad] ustable nut on the said upper end of the rod, resting on the bracket. 7

In testimony whereoh I do aflix my signature.- J I E RUSSELL. 

